syllabus

Class 1 (8/22):  Fixation and Originality

• Casebook 49-67

• Comics: Keith Aoki, James Boyle & Jennifer Jenkins, Tales from the Public Domain: BOUND BY LAW? (2008) (optional)

Class 2 (8/24):  Fixation and Originality (Cont'd); The Idea/Expression Dichotomy

• Casebook 67-79; 90-104

Class 3 (8/29):  Derivative Works and Compilations

• Casebook 109-13; 121-32

Class 4 (8/31):  Authorship

• Casebook 137-53; 160-67

Note: There will be no class on 9/5 (Labor Day).

Class 5 (9/7):  Useful Articles

• Casebook 177-81

• Handout 1

Class 6 (9/12):  Computer Software

• Casebook 206-29

Class 7 (9/14):  The Reproduction Right

• Casebook 247-70

Class 8 (9/19):  The Reproduction Right (Cont'd); The Derivative Work Right

• Casebook 270-77; 308-24

Class 9 (9/21):  The Distribution Right

• Casebook 345-60; 364-77

Class 10 (9/26):  Communication to the Public by Performance or Display

• Casebook 377-94; 398-404

Class 11 (9/28):  Copyright in Musical Works and Sound Recordings

• Casebook 409-16; 419-29

• How Copyright Law May Affect Pop Music Without Our Knowing It, 83 UMKC L. Rev. 363 (2014) (Read Parts II and VI)

Class 12 (10/3):  Moral Rights

• Casebook 449-59

• Visual Artists Rights Act, 17 U.S.C. § 106A (2000)

Class 13 (10/5):  Copyright Infringement

• Casebook 483-87; 492-509

Classes 14-15 (10/7-8):  Intellectual Property Scholars Roundtable

You are required to attend 2 sessions. More information is available here.

Class 16 (10/10):  Appropriation Art

Guest Lecture: Prof. Doris Long, John Marshall Law School

Class 17 (10/12):  Device Manufacturers and Liability for Inducement

• Casebook 417-19; 538-54

• Digital Copyright and Confuzzling Rhetoric, 13 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 881 (2011) (Read Parts I to III)

Class 18 (10/17):  Fair Use

• Casebook 563-82; 602-09

Class 19 (10/19):  Fair Use (Cont'd)

• Casebook 622-43

Class 20 (10/24):  Formalities and Duration

• Casebook 651-64; 666-82

Class 21 (10/26):  Renewals and Terminations of Transfers

• Handout 2

• Casebook 686-99

Class 22 (10/31):  Modes of Transfer

• Casebook 705-31

Class 23 (11/2):  Distinguished Lecture

Guest Lecture: U.S. Register of Copyrights (1985-1993)

Class 24 (11/7):  Technological Protections

• Casebook 861-83

• Anticircumvention and Anti-anticircumvention (Read Part II.A)

Classes 25 and 26 (11/9):  Statutory Overview and Review Session (from 5:45 to 7:00)

Classes 27 (11/10):  3D Printing Symposium

You are required to attend 1 session.

Class 28 (11/14):  Documentary

Note: There will be no classes after 11/14 (Rescheduled and Thanksgiving Break).

Syllabus (Fall 2015)